Te kau me te pikopiko

Ingredients
Method
Ingredients
Butter Thyme
- 50g Butter
- 4 Thyme sprigs
Kumara Mash
- 2 Golden kumara, peeled and chopped
- 3 Garlic cloves
- 3 Thyme sprigs
- 2Tbsp Olive oil
- To Taste: Salt and pepper
- 20g Butter
Pickled Radish
- 2 Radishes
- Malt vinegar
- 2Tbsp Sugar
Basted Beef
- 250g Eye fillet
- 50g Butter
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 2 Thyme sprigs
Pikopiko Punch
- 4 Pikopiko, cleaned and trimmed
- 20g Butter
- 1 Lime, zested
- To taste: Salt and pepper
Method
Butter Thyme
- Place all ingredients in a pot over a medium to low heat.
- Once the butter has melted and thyme becomes very fragrant, remove from heat, place into a bowl and put in the fridge to set.
Kumara Mash
- Preheat oven to 180℃. Heat a skillet with Olive oil and add kumara.
- Season and add the garlic cloves. Toss around and try to achieve a good colour on all sides.
- Add thyme and place in the oven for 10 mins or until soft.
- Remove from the oven and finish each piece with the blow torch.
- Once charred, remove thyme sprigs and rustically mash until golden smooth. Adjust seasoning and keep warm to serve.
Pickled Radish
- Finely slice the radish on a mandolin and place into a bowl.
- Mix with vinegar and sugar. Leave to pickle. Set aside for plating.
Basted Beef
- Season eye fillet with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Heat a skillet with oil. Carefully place beef in a pan and sear each side for 3 minutes.
- Add butter, thyme and garlic to start basting the steak for 2 minutes before removing from pan to rest.
Pikopiko Punch
- Blanch pikopiko in a boiling pot of water for roughly 40 seconds. Refresh in ice water for 2 minutes.
- Strain and place into a pan with melted butter.
- Toss around for 20 seconds. Add lime zest.
- Adjust seasoning and set aside.
Te maunga kau (The beef mountain)
- To plate this beefy bad boy, grab a rustic style board, place the pickled radish in a beautiful circle.
- Gently lay a lovely layer of the kumara mash.
- Rest the beef on top and garnish with pikopiko, lime zest, sprinkle of salt and crack of pepper.
- ANEI! You have a mean beef kai in front of you, enjoy!